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Life at a Cherrywood Table
Peggy Liss | Jan 14, 2022
In writing of her life, Peggy Liss has relied upon objects to organize her memoir. -
What Difference Does a Pandemic Make?
Julia Brookins | Dec 22, 2021
New data shows that COVID-19 did not result in an immediate catastrophic drop for history enrollments. -
Missing Women
Bridget Riley | Dec 8, 2021
One teacher assigned her seventh-grade students to create podcasts to make up for the lack of women's history in their textbook. -
The Dinner Party
Priya Chhaya | Nov 17, 2021
If you could invite six people from history to a dinner party, who—and how—would you choose? -
Seeking Truths through Fiction
Alix E. Harrow, Suzanne Marie Litrel, and Laury Silvers | Nov 16, 2021
Alix E. Harrow, Suzanne Marie Litrel, and Laury Silvers detail how they went from writing history to writing fiction. -
Gaps, Plots, and Narration
Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Nov 10, 2021
Jeffrey Wasserstrom argues for the value of assigning historical fiction alongside more traditional nonfiction readings. -
Teach Your Family
Rachel Mesch, Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall, and Annette Joseph-Gabriel | Oct 14, 2021
A pandemic-inspired twist on class presentations, Teach Your Family asks students to think not only about conveying information but also... -
Playing with the Past
Patrick Rael | Oct 13, 2021
Board games encourage history students to imagine changing historical outcomes and discuss counterfactuality and contingency, while covering the entire range of Bloom's taxonomy of learning. -
Consistently Evolving
Adam M. Howard and Kristin L. Ahlberg | Sep 20, 2021
In the 160 years since a Congressional request led to the Foreign Relations of the United States series, the project’s... -
Evaluating without Grading
Luke Clossey and Esther Souman | Sep 14, 2021
Mastering a skill is at the heart of the specifications grading system.
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